GreenTech Innovation Award for Priva Kompano Deleaf-Line

14 June 201611:30

Jury: the robot heralds the start of a new era for international
horticulture

The jury confirms: Priva's deleafing robot provides an
innovative solution to a serious issue facing tomato growers.
Labour expenses are a particularly large part of the operational
costs, but it can be unpredictable and for a large number of tasks,
finding a motivated workforce to carry out the work is getting much
harder. Robotics have the potential to increase the continuity and
predictability of daily operations, while keeping the costs at an
equal or even lower level.

Until now, not a single market party has succeeded in developing
an economically viable alternative for crop labour activities. In
most cases, the speed and quality of the activities couldn't
compete with the performance of manual labour.

Until now, exactly, because the Priva Kompano Deleaf-Line is the
first product, worldwide, that provides growers with an
economically viable alternative for manual deleafing of tomato
crops.

Jury

The jury of the GreenTech Innovation Award views the Priva
Kompano Deleaf-Line as the start of a large series of robots, which
will be developed for and utilised in horticulture over the coming
years.

Co-creation with growers

Cooperation, patience, perseverance and a lot of courage were
indispensable in this unique project. We are grateful for such a
large number of committed people. Their intensive involvement
proved to be essential to the success of this innovation.

Automation as a service

The way the Priva Kompano is added to the daily operations, is
in fact quite similar to that of the human workforce. Automated
deleafing is offered as a service, enabling growers to profit from
the advantages of the product instantly, without a long payback
period.

Pre-order

The Priva Kompano Deleaf-Line for tomatoes is being introduced
at the GreenTech 2016. As of June 14, 2016, interested parties can
pre-order the robot online and at the
GreenTech. The robot is expected to be available for growers
outside the consortium from June 2017.

Future

Deleafing tomatoes is just the beginning. This first generation
of automated crop labour will lead to more automated solutions,
such as different crops and tasks, for example harvesting
cucumbers.

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